Preparation of activated carbons from walnut shells via vacuum chemical activation and their application for methylene blue removal

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 209-217

  Yang, Juan ^a   Qiu, Keqiang ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Methylene blue; Vacuum chemical activation; Walnut shell

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION AGENT; ACTIVATION TEMPERATURES; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; BET SURFACE AREA; EQUILIBRIUM DATA; FREUNDLICH MODELS; FTIR; HETEROGENEOUS SURFACE ADSORPTION; IMPREGNATION RATIOS; LANGMUIRS; MAIN PROCESS; METHYLENE BLUE; METHYLENE BLUE ADSORPTION; PETERSON; PORE VOLUME; PREPARATION METHOD; SEM; SYSTEM PRESSURE; TEM; TOTAL PORE VOLUME; WALNUT SHELLS; ZINC CHLORIDE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; IMPREGNATION; OIL WELL DRILLING EQUIPMENT; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SOLUTIONS; VACUUM;

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION;

JUGLANS;

EID: 78149495828     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.09.019     Document Type: Article

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